Village of Warwick to Celebrate Arbor Day

The Village of Warwick Shade Tree Commission and the Warwick Valley Gardeners, along with the first grade classes from Park Avenue School, extend an invitation to the community to attend the annual Arbor Day Celebration to be held on Fri., Apr. 27 at 10 a.m. The committee has selected a copper beech tree for the planting ceremony, which will take place at Stanley-Deming Park near the new Roger Metzger Arboretum in Warwick NY. Patricia Reinhardt, a member of the Warwick Valley Gardeners, will speak and Wadeson’s Home Center will distribute trees to all of the children who attend.

This will be the 34th year that the Village of Warwick has received national recognition as a Tree City USA. The Village of Warwick is one of the oldest Tree City-designated communities in New York State. This is also the 18th year that the Village is the recipient of the Tree City USA Growth Award for demonstrating progress in its Community Forestry Program.

The Warwick Shade Tree Commission is responsible for planting, feeding and maintaining street trees and trees in the numerous parks throughout the Village. The Village partnership with the Warwick Valley Gardeners and Warwick in Bloom has helped promote the education and public awareness of the importance of urban forestry.

Last year the Village of Warwick DPW dug the hole & placed the Sesquicentennial Sugar Maple Tree honoring Roger Metzger prior to the Arbor Day celebration held at Stanley-Deming Park. Photo credit: Warwick Valley Dispatch/Lon Tytell

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Village of Warwick to Celebrate Arbor Day — 1 Comment

it would be somewhat fitting if this event included David Hull and me (David Brandt) as the founders of the Village and Town Shade Tree Commision. Roger took over after Dave and I “retired” from this program.

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The Warwick Valley Dispatch, a weekly newspaper, was founded in 1885 by George F. Ketchum and has been in the same family for its entire 130 years of providing local news to Town of Warwick residents. The newspaper is printed on a 1930s web press in the Dispatch building, located at 2 Oakland Avenue in Warwick, NY.